 Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its...  Echoes from the Backwoods: Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life - Seite 127von Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1849 - 600 Seiten
...good-bye, my dear Talboys. Now, Buller, I wish you, seriously and calmly, to think on this image — " An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed." Did Hope — could Hope ever sit by such a death-bed ! The infernal surge — the hell of waters —... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 Seiten
...than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale: — Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As...Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 312 Seiten
...to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale: — Look back I Lo! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep...Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 Seiten
...Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sils, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 Seiten
...display such a scene of havoc as appalled the soul."_H. W. Wiu.iiMJ.: E CANTO IT. 50 CAXTO IT. LXXJI. ht And majesty, flash their full lightnings by, Developing...Lore, Shaped by some solitary nymph, whose breast L dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bean serene Its brilliant hues with all their... | |
 | 1847 - 454 Seiten
...poet's immortal verse: " On the verge, From side to side beneath the glittering morn, An Trie sits amid the infernal surge. Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bean serene Its brilliant hues with all their... | |
 | 1849 - 844 Seiten
...than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly With many windings, through the vale; — Look back : Lo ! where it comes like an eternity,...Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is tora By the distracted waters, bears serene Kits brilliant hues with all... | |
 | David Purdie Thomson - 1849 - 516 Seiten
...lovely spectacle. To this an illustrious poet refers, when describing the torrent of Velino, — " A matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful ! but on...infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn lie steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues... | |
 | 1849 - 602 Seiten
...good-bye, my dear Talboys. Now, Buller, I wish you, seriously and calmly, to think on this image — " An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed." Did Hope — could Hope ever sit by such a death-bed ! The infernal surge — the hell of waters —... | |
 | 1849 - 822 Seiten
...good-bye, my dear Talboys. Now, Buller, I wish you, seriously and calmly, to think on this image — " An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed." Did Hope — could Hope eversitby such a death-bed ! The infernal surge— the hell of waters — the... | |
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